Joe Paterno’s Doctors Report Serious Decline In Health Since Saturday

PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) — Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno is in serious condition.

Quoting individuals close to the family, The Washington Post reported on its website that Paterno remained connected to a ventilator, but had communicated his wishes not to be kept alive through any extreme artificial means. The paper said his family was weighing whether to take him off the ventilator on Sunday.

Joe Paterno’s doctors said that the former Penn State coach’s condition had become “serious,” following complications from lung cancer in recent days.

“His family will have no comment on the situation and asks that their privacy be respected during this difficult time,” McGinn said.

Paterno, 85 years old, was the head coach of the Penn State football program for 46 years until he was let go in 2011 after the arrest of former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky for child sexual abuse charges.